All The Time In The World Doctorow E L Edgar Laurence 1931 by Doctorow, E. L. (edgar Laurence), 1931- instant download after payment.

xi, 353 pages (large print) ; 24 cm, A wedge is driven between a husband and wife when a mysterious stranger arrives, claiming to have grown up in their home. After agreeing to marry a beautiful, headstrong Russian immigrant in exchange for a promotion, a bus boy turned waiter finds himself entangled in a web of organized crime. A strange confluence of circumstances at the end of an ordinary workday causes a man to go off the grid, living off what he can forage in the same affluent suburb where he once lived comfortably with his family. These and the other mesmerizing works of short fiction in this collection are resonant with the mystery, tension, beauty, and insight that distinguish E.L. Doctorow's novels, Wakefield -- Edgemont Drive -- Assimilation -- Liner notes: the songs of Billy Bathgate -- Heist -- Walter John Harmon -- A house on the plains -- Jolene: a life -- The writer in the family -- Willi -- The hunter -- All the time in the world